I have a baby on my lap. Apparently and according to everyone else, she's getting bigger. I don't see it. But then when I see that typed in there, I am reminded of an anecdote of boiling a frog. If one places a frog in a pot of water and boils the water while the frog sits in it, the frog will acclimatize itself and never notice the water increasing in temperature and die from being boiled.
I think what's going on here is that I am enjoying her so much, that as she acclimatizes herself to her environment outside of my tummy and I learn how to adjust our world to accomidate her, I overlook the fact that she's growing. One mom told me when Hope was small to enjoy the present. Not to look back or forward too far because if I did I would miss what's happening in the now. I don't remember a lot of what it was like to have 2 babies.....probably good that I don't but I do get to enjoy the memories of the other 5 kids as they are rekindled when I look at Paige and enjoy her company. Having her on my lap is one of the most enjoyable things, and the peace I have when I feed her makes the time go at the right speed.
Love you all...COMMENT WITH A HELLO ... please :)
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Right now what is happening in my house... There is a terrible amount of noise coming from the playroom where Jacob and Sam are uh....playing... It's terrible in the sense that I DO NOT want want to go down there until I have the motivation to parent them to clean up whatever is causing that terrible noise.
Jack is (or was) reading books just behind me but now he's disappeared and it sounds like he's gone down the the playroom to see what "fun" his brothers are having. Oh and he's eating uncooked spagetti noodles.
In the last few minutes I have checked blogs and peeked at facebook.
Last night I uploaded some pictures from my camera to the computer and then uploaded them to my picasa. At some point today I will try to add them to a public album and then post some to FB.
FB is freaking wonderful! Remember, anyone, how I hated it right before the Baron's were married? Now, I have SO many family members on it that it makes Ontario and Africa seem closer. Also, it makes not having my mom around easier to swallow because I get to share my life, my kids and the new baby with her sisters.
I REALLY want to know who reads my blog because, I am hoping that the whole sharing it on facebook thing works. PLEASE comment (I will try to make it so that anyone can post a comment but be kind and leave your real name...don't steal the name of the great poet and song writer Anonymous.)
Um...oh LOL PAIGE!
Paige is amazing! She's begun a routine!!! What a good girl. Last night I left her sleeping while I picked up Denise from work and then went to Safeway (45 minutes or so) She nursed when I got home and then again at 1am after which I put her in her bed. She came into our bed somewhere between 3-6 ate and now then this is the 3rd morning in a row that she gets plunked into the car seat while we take Daddy to the train, comes home and nurses for 1-3 hours (on and off obviously) stays "awake" during that time and then goes for a nap in her own bed. Today I loved the Baby Bjorn again because I got to carry her around during a fussy moment.
I see that the sun is coming out YAY! so that means that I will be feeding her now and then after we all take Sam to the school, we'll be able to enjoy a nice walk. My mother always told me to "put the baby in the cold, it helps them sleep" couple that thought with the fresh air and sunshine and it's better than ANY antidepressant prescription (which I MAY be able to avoid this time)
In closing (some power blog eh? /me rolls her eyes) life is great! My outlook is different than I thought it would be. There is so much to look forward to and a fabulous new routine to use as a vehicle to mental well being!
Okay, I have enough in me to go look downstairs and get the kids ready for operation "SUNNYWALK"
Jack is (or was) reading books just behind me but now he's disappeared and it sounds like he's gone down the the playroom to see what "fun" his brothers are having. Oh and he's eating uncooked spagetti noodles.
In the last few minutes I have checked blogs and peeked at facebook.
Last night I uploaded some pictures from my camera to the computer and then uploaded them to my picasa. At some point today I will try to add them to a public album and then post some to FB.
FB is freaking wonderful! Remember, anyone, how I hated it right before the Baron's were married? Now, I have SO many family members on it that it makes Ontario and Africa seem closer. Also, it makes not having my mom around easier to swallow because I get to share my life, my kids and the new baby with her sisters.
I REALLY want to know who reads my blog because, I am hoping that the whole sharing it on facebook thing works. PLEASE comment (I will try to make it so that anyone can post a comment but be kind and leave your real name...don't steal the name of the great poet and song writer Anonymous.)
Um...oh LOL PAIGE!
Paige is amazing! She's begun a routine!!! What a good girl. Last night I left her sleeping while I picked up Denise from work and then went to Safeway (45 minutes or so) She nursed when I got home and then again at 1am after which I put her in her bed. She came into our bed somewhere between 3-6 ate and now then this is the 3rd morning in a row that she gets plunked into the car seat while we take Daddy to the train, comes home and nurses for 1-3 hours (on and off obviously) stays "awake" during that time and then goes for a nap in her own bed. Today I loved the Baby Bjorn again because I got to carry her around during a fussy moment.
I see that the sun is coming out YAY! so that means that I will be feeding her now and then after we all take Sam to the school, we'll be able to enjoy a nice walk. My mother always told me to "put the baby in the cold, it helps them sleep" couple that thought with the fresh air and sunshine and it's better than ANY antidepressant prescription (which I MAY be able to avoid this time)
In closing (some power blog eh? /me rolls her eyes) life is great! My outlook is different than I thought it would be. There is so much to look forward to and a fabulous new routine to use as a vehicle to mental well being!
Okay, I have enough in me to go look downstairs and get the kids ready for operation "SUNNYWALK"
Monday, October 13, 2008
Thanksgiving
God has been so good to us!
This weekend many of us celebrated Thanksgiving. I have always wanted to be able to sit down to dinner and go around the table with the food sitting in front and have everyone say what they are thankful for but now we have so many people and so much room that for the first time we have a designated kid table and an adult table!
But as I sat and ate my dinner I was thanking God so much for the little things: Vaughn got to hold Paige most of the night but for when she needed nursing and I was able to eat my dinner with two hands, we bought the turkeys so cheap so we had 2 18lb turkeys, we cooked them the night before, I have my baby (have I mentioned that she's perfect and cute), all my children are healthy, my husband is funny, handsome, a good provider, kind, a good leader, a daddy and my friend and that Jesus is the reason for me being able to have such a good life. OH! and we made it to church on Sunday with plans to make it a normal, regular thing!
I have all of you to be thankful for. From the lurkers (I know who you are now ;) ) to the commenters and all the people who don't read my blog but who have helped us so much with the coming in of this little one and the making of a home that this building has become I am completly in awe of the support we have had and the people who have come back into our lives.
Thanks for reading...love you all.
This weekend many of us celebrated Thanksgiving. I have always wanted to be able to sit down to dinner and go around the table with the food sitting in front and have everyone say what they are thankful for but now we have so many people and so much room that for the first time we have a designated kid table and an adult table!
But as I sat and ate my dinner I was thanking God so much for the little things: Vaughn got to hold Paige most of the night but for when she needed nursing and I was able to eat my dinner with two hands, we bought the turkeys so cheap so we had 2 18lb turkeys, we cooked them the night before, I have my baby (have I mentioned that she's perfect and cute), all my children are healthy, my husband is funny, handsome, a good provider, kind, a good leader, a daddy and my friend and that Jesus is the reason for me being able to have such a good life. OH! and we made it to church on Sunday with plans to make it a normal, regular thing!
I have all of you to be thankful for. From the lurkers (I know who you are now ;) ) to the commenters and all the people who don't read my blog but who have helped us so much with the coming in of this little one and the making of a home that this building has become I am completly in awe of the support we have had and the people who have come back into our lives.
Thanks for reading...love you all.
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